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authorDarren Salt <linux@youmustbejoking.demon.co.uk>2007-05-20 22:34:09 +0100
committerDarren Salt <linux@youmustbejoking.demon.co.uk>2007-05-20 22:34:09 +0100
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xine \- a free video player
.SH MRL (media resource locator)
MRLs are similar to URLs in your web browser. They describe the media
-to read from. Valid MRLs may be plain file names or one of the following:
+to read from. Valid MRLs may be plain file names or one of the following
+(see also the notes below):
.TP
\(bu Filesystem:
.br
@@ -79,8 +80,9 @@ to read from. Valid MRLs may be plain file names or one of the following:
.br
.LP
\fBNOTE:\fP where a file name is required, the \fIfull path must be
-provided\fP - from a shell, you can use \fB$PWD/file\fP if the file
-is in the current directory.
+provided\fP - from a shell, you can use \fB"$PWD/file"\fP or
+\fB"$(pwd)/file"\fP or \fB"\`pwd\`/file"\fP if the file is in the current
+directory. (Which one depends on your shell; all three work in bash.)
Several MRLs may be specified in order to play a number of consecutive
streams. Additional input plugins will provide additional MRL types. The ones
@@ -192,7 +194,7 @@ DVB MRLs require that ~/.xine/channels.conf exists and contains valid data.
This can be obtained by generating a tuning file using the LinuxTV DVB apps
utility "scan" (or "dvbscan" if you're using a version newer than 1.1.0):
.PP
-.B scan -o zap /usr/share/doc/dvb-utils/examples/scan/dvb-t/uk-PontopPike
+.B scan -o zap /usr/share/doc/dvb-utils/examples/scan/dvb-t/uk-PontopPike >~/.config/xine-lib/channels.conf
.PP
(This example is for the writer's local transmitter, using a file from the
Debian dvb-utils package.)